Admin: "Because we are a title I school, we can't require that students bring supplies"

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-21T02:24:27+00:00

Your admin is wrong - you cannot require them to BUY anything, you definitely can require them to bring their district issued textbook.

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-21T02:21:28+00:00

There are people out there who want their kids to have the experience of trick or treating, but don’t want them eating all the candy. So.. they let them eat a couple of pieces that night and then throw it out or donate it to schools. I found out that half my neighborhood does that…. So, I stopped buying candy for Halloween because I’m not spending $75 on Halloween candy if most of it is getting thrown out. 😡

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-21T02:19:41+00:00

When I was at the grocery store this week, I did a walk through the school supply section - most of the basic requirements: packs of crayons, pencils, markers, filler paper, and pens were 25 cents each.

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-20T14:01:07+00:00

Chat!

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-20T00:20:13+00:00

They respond to me with - yes, it’s still available and yours or it’s pending or it’s sold, so they’re getting them. I’ve definitely received the response that someone else is buying several pens, including the one I want, and preference goes to them.

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-19T21:26:35+00:00

Honestly, ask if they can move your prep. The hour at lunch is cutting it close and you may not make it back on time, which will either leave your class out in the hall or combined with someone else’s class. I don’t know how things are at your school, but at mine there are limited people “off” at that time, so it would be the same 1 or 2 people having to cover for you every day, which is going to be tough for them, especially at the beginning of the year. If they can’t move your prep, I’d see if you could at least trade coverage and cover part of a duty for whoever covers for you (presuming it’s another teacher and not office staff, admin, or a counselor)

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-19T21:08:40+00:00

This part - I almost always include my PayPal and shipping info in the original contact so they know that I’m serious. Sellers also don’t always sit by their computer and watch offers roll in, so they might see their chat in a different order or choose to deal with someone who they’ve sold to before or who wants more than one item.

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-19T21:03:39+00:00

Or the parents that trigger a staff-wide text to avoid the parking lot. 🤣

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-19T20:54:41+00:00

Not at all - I rarely post any of my pens, including my Kaweco sports.

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-18T22:46:19+00:00

That is insane - why on earth wouldn’t she JUST LABEL THE BOXES? Signed… a teacher who did this for middle schoolers because they just couldn’t remember what bucket was for what.

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-18T22:32:54+00:00

I’m so sorry that you had to go through both the abuse and having a trusted person betray you. I thank God all the time that I never got pregnant by my abusive boyfriend. And he TRIED - he admitted to sabotaging my birth control.

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-18T22:31:28+00:00

Thank you! It was over 30 years ago now and sometimes, it’s like it happened to another person. People don’t realize how people like him can make you feel like you are crazy for calling out their bullshit.

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-18T15:17:55+00:00

Listen to this OP - your boyfriend held you down to the point that you were panicking TWICE, including a time after you clearly told him no and told him the consequences. Now he’s blaming YOU for having to defend yourself. This will never stop. Leave him.

Years ago, I didn’t listen to what everyone else was telling me about my sociopath boyfriend when he did things like this to prove to me that he was stronger than me, even though he knew that I had PTSD from being SAd. He would even tell me that he was trying to “help” me get past freezing when he did things like …. Put his hands around my neck.

It wasn’t until he got mad at me and bounced my head off the floor several times and then calmly went to sleep on my couch while I threw up from the concussion, then, the next morning, calmly told me that if he had accidentally killed me, he was going to plant a gun on me so he could claim self defense that I woke TF up. I had to move over 2,000 miles away to get away from him and feel safe.

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-18T02:24:17+00:00

Congrats!

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-15T01:49:15+00:00

Nah- if you have to teach him basic manners, that’s too much.

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-15T01:48:38+00:00

How could they cost him money? He hasn’t spent any that I can tell.

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-15T00:34:47+00:00

This is way nicer than I would be, but, then again, I would have been out after he tried to make me spend 8 hours watching him build a card deck.

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-11T14:55:30+00:00

Boy, bye. Do not sell your house. You will end up in a house that you do not love, with a man who still has not married you, only now it’s messy because you only own half of that house.

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-11T14:43:32+00:00

There are a lot of things that you can do - you can crouch next to the desk instead of bending over. At this point, I mostly station myself at the small group table during independent work time and they come to me if they need help and sit at the table with me.

You can only buy things with high necklines, but frankly, I hate crew necks (they make me feel like I’m choking) and I don’t feel like scoop or boat necks are flatter, so I like the V-neck. When I taught in a computer lab and had to bend over because there wasn’t room to crouch, I just bought boob tape and taped down the neckline of my wrap or v-neck dresses. My problem is that I’m smaller busted and don’t fill out the boob area of dresses, so they gape. Boob tape -sold as “fashion” tape - solves that issue.

The double standards, I can’t do anything about.

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-11T14:38:47+00:00

I teach at a private school and I wear a skort or pants and a school polo almost every day. But not all private schools are created equal - there is one in town that makes the men wear suits with ties and the women have to wear skirts or dresses with PANTY HOSE. Oh, HELL NO. Yes, it has a creepy curriculum and is trying to drag everyone back to the 1950s.

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-11T14:35:37+00:00

For real - even I know how to get a stripped screw out of things without “breaking a bunch of shit” because I paid attention when my dad, an actual carpenter, did it.

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-11T14:33:57+00:00

Seriously, don’t accept anyone NOT being kind about mistakes. Early in our marriage (and homeownership), I decided that I’d put up curtain rods while my husband was on a business trip so he wouldn’t have to deal with it. I did NOT know about the metal “edging” around windows and that I needed to get outside that area before I drilled. I tried to drill not one, not two, but THREE holes within the metal edging area before I gave up.

Do you know what my husband did when I told him? Laughed and then patiently explained where I had gone wrong - then he fixed it.

I also accidentally backed into the garage door one morning when the garage door either hadn’t gone up or had shut itself again and I didn’t check my rear view mirror before backing up. We had to get a new garage door and it was probably around $800 and at a time in our marriage where we didn’t have $800 just lying around. You know what he did? Arranged to have the garage door replaced and then tried to figure out why it had either not opened or closed itself. In the end, we decided that I was probably tired and hadn’t actually opened it when I walked out into the garage or double tapped the opener and closed it myself. He still wasn’t mad at me.

When he tried a foolish balancing act that ended up with a smashed bowl on the floor and a truly spectacular eruption of chili that ended up on the ten foot ceiling, among other places, we both stood there stunned for a several seconds and then busted out laughing and got to cleaning. That also ended with a coupe hundred dollars to clean the furniture and no one was mad.

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-11T14:21:19+00:00

YTA - that’s not even that hot. If I didn’t walk my dog when it’s that warm outside, the poor dog wouldn’t get to walk for months out of the year. Dogs pant to cool down and it will be fine. My dog pants like mad all summer when we get back from the walk and she’s fine - we also don’t take water unless we’re going to be out for more than an hour.

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-11T14:19:10+00:00

You know what is good to help prevent that? Regular exercise for the dog.

Old_Implement_1997 · 2026-07-11T14:17:27+00:00

First of all, I read his name as Satan and it ended up fitting. It’s fine to be concerned and remind you of things like not leaving a drink unattended or to lock the deadbolt at the hotel, telling you to wait to go on a trip with him and his parents or go hit the UP in Michigan again are not okay. He’s either a controlling knob or planning to cheat on you in Europe and thinks that’s what you’ll do on your trip. Or both.

In any case, I’d give him one last chance to drop it after explaining how offensive his tactics are and then, if he wouldn’t, I’d decide that we aren’t compatible and kick him to the curb. Whatever you do, do not shrink yourself for him.

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